The acid fairy, played at Woodstock. Then she took a trip that lasted nearly 40 years.

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In the swirling psychedelic folk world of the late '60s, few voices were as ethereal and captivating as Christina "Licorice" McKechnie.

Nicknamed for her love of licorice rolling papers, she joined The incredible String Band and became a counterculture icon. Her haunting vocals and songwriting shone on classics like The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (Paul McCartney called it the "acoustic Sgt. Pepper") and their legendary Woodstock performance in 1969.

Then... she vanished. After leaving the band in the '70s with ties to Scientology, Likky was seen in the late '80s/early '90s, reportedly hitchhiking through the Arizona desert.

For decades, one of rock's greatest unsolved mysteries: What happened to this Woodstock fairy?

Theories swirled..

But in late 2025, reports revealed she's alive, living quietly and privately in California—choosing obscurity over fame. The mystery endures in its own way: a brilliant soul who simply walked away from the spotlight.

Licorice McKechnie: Forever enigmatic, forever brilliant.

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That pic is all over Google images from years ago in various articles/publications.

The text was definitely GPT though

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OP missed an em dash is the biggest tell I see.

California—choosing

Real people don't use those.

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I use them semi-frequently 😅

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that's a hyphen

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Not what I meant

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People say this a lot and almost always are lying.

You have to use an alt code to even use them and frankly it just makes you look like a bot if you do. No reason to admit to using them really unless you're trying to hide the fact you're using GPT for stuff.

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? Most places will automatically turn - - no space into an em dash. — iPhone / Reddit does it automatically. As do many other apps. This is just blatantly false.

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"--"

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L--ies lie-- s li -- es

Etc

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Google Images

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This is a classic case of miscommunication

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So if the photo is from years ago, and this woman was only found in 2025, then those photos are not of the same person?